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Board questions sheriff about LPRs, data retention and a drone pilot; sheriff says data accessible to law enforcement partners
Summary
Commissioners asked how license-plate-reader and drone data are stored and who can access it; Sheriff Goodenough said LPR data is retained 30 days, cameras cost $3,000 each, and the system notifies law enforcement partners nationally when matches occur.
During the sheriffs presentation, commissioners asked detailed questions about the countys expanded license-plate-reader program and a proposed drone pilot. When asked about camera costs and data access, the sheriff replied, "So each camera cost $3,000... The information is only retained for 30 days... I have to do an audit; I have to account for each and every one of those, and then we are then audited." He said LPR hits can alert the county across jurisdictions, explaining the operational value for missing-persons or multi-jurisdictional investigations.
Commissioners raised privacy and security concerns about access to recorded footage and the possibility of data compromise. One commissioner said she would share a video showing vulnerabilities in similar systems and asked the sheriff to respond with safeguards. On drones, the sheriff described a one-year free pilot with docking platforms and remote pilots, saying the aircraft would launch and provide a bird's-eye view within 90 seconds depending on weather, with automatic return-to-base on low battery.
The board accepted the sheriffs report and asked for further details on data governance and budget implications for the proposed drone pilot.
